Georgios Sougdouris was a Greek

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 philosopher and theologian.

Sougdouris was born in Ioannina

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Ioannina , often called Jannena within Greece, is the largest city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a population of 70,203 . It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 meters above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the...

, northwestern Greece

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, where he finished ground level studies. He continued his studies in Venice

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 and Padua

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. In 1681 Sougdouris became a priest and two years later the head of the Goumas school in Ioannina, succeeding Bessarion Makris

Bessarion Makris

Bessarion Makris was a Greek scholar and theologian.He was born in Ioannina, northwestern Greece, center of the 17th-18th century Modern Greek Enlightenment. At 1672 Makris became the head of the Goumas School. He composed a manual named Σταχυολογία , printed in 1686 in Venice...

. Sougdouris taught there natural science, mathematics and aristotelian philosophy. Sougdouris taught at the Goumas school until 1710 and was succeded by Methodios Anthrakites

Methodios Anthrakites

Methodios Anthrakites was a Greek scholar, priest and director of the Gioumeios and Epiphaneios Schools in Ioannina. He made a significant contribution in the growth of Greek Enlightenment during the Ottoman occupation of Greece....

. He wrote a number of philological, theological and philosophical works like Εισαγωγή Λογική (Introduction to Logic), published in Vienna, 1792 and Επιτομή Γραμματικής (Coincise Grammar), both were extensively used as school textbooks. Moreover, he translated to Greek the work of Francesco Panigarola

Francesco Panigarola

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Rhetorica Ecclesiastica.

Sougdouris got involved in various theological discussions with local scholars. Due to his progresive views and teaching methods, got into conflict with conservatives cycles and was accused for atheism. As a result the local Orthodox bishop asked for Sougdouris' excommunication but failed.